I've seen code like this (3 letter macros for every one and a half(!) syntax construct, all macros starting in Q, seemingly random indentation). I do not understand why the developer did that or why the company let him. Just that at the end he didn't understand his own code anymore and couldn't fix some issues.
In many fonts, they are nearly indistinguishable. For example, the default font of putty for { and ( look identical to me, leading to many syntax errors in my code.
It's just ordinary C code.